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Being a mod must be a horrible and time consuming job. Whatever these two do is fine by me, I'll always give them the benefit of the doubt.
 
AussieQPR said:
Because we all have different views, I can only speak for myself and say I don't have any issues with the way the board is going.
If anything, I feel the board continues to change for the better, one main reason is that members from around the world are slowly but surely getting together as groups and meeting up in person.
That is a marvellous outcome and those in the mix ought to be congratulated.

As a 'mod' on another forum for the past four years, I can tell you that doing the job is not as simple and or easy as it may seem.

Probably fair to say that should any issues arise, I can only surmise that it would make sense to cull a sensitive thread earlier rather than later, for a variety of reasons.
Having the benefit of hindsight is a marvellous thing, meanwhile ................. while a contentious thread is currently running, the mods are required to make a decisive decision in the best interest of the forum.
They are not just here to please us .......... they are literally the 'meat in the sandwich' and need to satisfy the site owners as well.

All in all, this is forum is primarily about football with some 'off topic' threads thrown in to fill in the spaces and the interest of members..
Again, these are only my thoughts but I can only suggest that we keep in mind that we all come together because we are football fans of QPR and that is our mainstay .......... personal views of other matters should not override our thoughts of our team and the reason we are on this forum, more so, any off topic spirited comment may be better continued off site.
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Cheers Aussie, that's pretty much it.

I apologise to those of you that think certain threads are closed too prematurely. I personally have quite a strong stomach and there isn't a lot that can offend me. That's one of the reasons why I was a bit reluctant to take on the role of Mod at first. But what I've come to realise is that it's not what I find personally acceptable that matters. For instance someone who, let's say works on a building site will have their own perception of what's normal and acceptable as opposed to someone who works in a library. Somewhere in between we have to try and strike a balance in the way Aussie has stated above.
We do try to offer a valid reason as much as possible without making it personal, and realise that this won't be enough to placate everyone. But then that goes with the territory.

I'm very sorry that my response on here is very brief, but the timing for all of this now couldn't be much worse. I have some personal family issues to tend to over the next couple of days, so I may only get on here very sporadically today and not at all tomorrow. I will answer any further questions pertaining to thread closures or any other matters then.

Cheers all, Nines.
 
Serious issues aside, there's some classic comedy gold on this thread.

I've got an image of DT squinting at a tipex - smeared screen trying to read the responses!
 
QPR999 said:
Cheers Aussie, that's pretty much it.

I apologise to those of you that think certain threads are closed too prematurely. I personally have quite a strong stomach and there isn't a lot that can offend me. That's one of the reasons why I was a bit reluctant to take on the role of Mod at first. But what I've come to realise is that it's not what I find personally acceptable that matters. For instance someone who, let's say works on a building site will have their own perception of what's normal and acceptable as opposed to someone who works in a library. Somewhere in between we have to try and strike a balance in the way Aussie has stated above.
We do try to offer a valid reason as much as possible without making it personal, and realise that this won't be enough to placate everyone. But then that goes with the territory.

I'm very sorry that my response on here is very brief, but the timing for all of this now couldn't be much worse. I have some personal family issues to tend to over the next couple of days, so I may only get on here very sporadically today and not at all tomorrow. I will answer any further questions pertaining to thread closures or any other matters then.

Cheers all, Nines.
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Good luck mate. Hope it all works out well for you. <ok>
 
Queenslander!! said:
If you really want a laugh..

I used to be a mod on a forum where judo, Igor and flyer used to post..!

Imagine how much fun that was....<laugh>
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And you had me setting them off as well.

FinnHoop said:
they don't have fences in France? :emoticon-0138-think
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They must have, you're always hearing that they've formed another picket line. Surely they're not taking them down after it's been on the news?
 
Roy of the Rovers was alright, but I was more a Valiant, Battle and Action fan. I was more interested in "Gott in himmel!", "Schweinhund!" and "No, no....aiiiieeeeeee!".... and that was just my marriage to the original holder of the title 'Mrs Uber'.
 
NorwayRanger said:
What do you have to do to get banned on here? There hasn't been a banning for months! Come on mods, get the banning back!
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Our mods, Roller & Nines, perform an excellent and commendable service here for the common good.

I guess this alternative approach could always be introduced for habitual offenders?

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From Wikipedia: "Stocks are devices used in the medieval times for torture, public humiliation, and corporal punishment. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by. Since the purpose was to punish offenders against the standards of conduct of the time anybody could assault, revile or aim filth at the victim."
 
Uber_Hoop said:
Roy of the Rovers was alright, but I was more a Valiant, Battle and Action fan. I was more interested in "Gott in himmel!", "Schweinhund!" and "No, no....aiiiieeeeeee!".... and that was just my marriage to the original holder of the title 'Mrs Uber'.
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was reading about ray of the rovers today
30 years before roy
 
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